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| The entrance of the headquarters of the Kiirun Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Japanese Taiwan Army, Kiirun, Taiwan, circa 1920 | Crown Prince Hirohito in Kiirun (now Keelung), Taiwan, 16 Apr 1923; the building at left of photo was the post office | Former American prisoners of war arriving at Kiirun (now Keelung), Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945 | HMS Argonaut in Kiirun (now Keelung) harbor in northern Taiwan, preparing to take on former American prisoners of war, 6 Sep 1945 |
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